Date post: | 14-Dec-2014 |
Category: |
Documents |
Upload: | rebecca-caroe |
View: | 1,841 times |
Download: | 5 times |
www.rowperfect.co.uk
Rowperfect UK 2006 Seminar
Seat Racing As Part of Selection
D.J.Holland.
C.U.B.C.
www.rowperfect.co.uk1 Context
• Selection is an issue for all crews.
• Dissatisfaction with selection procedures or outcomes is a common negative factor in crew performance.
• Good selection policy and procedures are a useful management tool.
www.rowperfect.co.uk
2 Selection Philosophy
• All selection tests are an approximation of the final event.– Time.– Usually distance.– Often boat type.
• Continuum from social to performance driven.
www.rowperfect.co.uk
3 Selection Methods
• Continuum from subjective to objective.
– Social.
• Who turns up.
• Taking turns.
www.rowperfect.co.uk
– Coaches opinion.
• Technique.
• Compatibility.
• Age.
• Experience / service.
www.rowperfect.co.uk
– Physiology
• Size / weight etc
• Ergo scores
– Training scores
– Maxima
– Weight adjusted maxima
www.rowperfect.co.uk
– Racing• Regattas
• Time trials
• Matrices
• Seat racing
www.rowperfect.co.uk
4 Choosing a Selection Process
• To suit crew and objective.
• To suit facilities and abilities.
• Usually a mix of tests is better.
www.rowperfect.co.uk
5 The Case for Seat Racing
• Advantages.
• Disadvantages.
www.rowperfect.co.uk
6 Principles of Seat Racing.
• Everything held constant except athletes.
• Comparisons are one to one, athlete to athlete.
• Each race after the null race gives only one piece of information
www.rowperfect.co.uk
7 Assumptions for Seat Racing.
• All athletes are honest and well motivated.
• All athletes have comparable levels of fitness and skill.
www.rowperfect.co.uk
8 The Rules of Seat Racing
• Only one change at a time.
• Athletes must not know what the next change is.
• Times don’t matter, differences do.
www.rowperfect.co.uk
9 Procedure
• Use fours.
• Coxed is usually better than not.
• Decide a distance.
• Decide, and enforce, a rate.
• Boats must be similar and capable of being rigged identically. Identical boats are better.
www.rowperfect.co.uk
• Course should be straight, and have consistent conditions across both lanes. Bouyed courses are significantly superior.
• Cox’ns, if used, say nothing except rate.
• Boats stay in same lane.
• All comparisons are done between crews with only one difference.
www.rowperfect.co.uk
• All sequences require a null race with a small difference between the crews.
• Changing two athletes at a time is allowed but the comparison is with an earlier crew.
• If in doubt, change back.
www.rowperfect.co.uk
• Comparisons are only allowed within sessions.
• Less than 1 sec is not a result.
• All athletes should have the same number of races.
www.rowperfect.co.uk
10 Common Errors
• Inconsistent water.
• Too great a distance between crews.
• Rating differences.
• One or more incompetent athlete.
• Bad steering.
www.rowperfect.co.uk
11 Traps
• Not thinking ahead. – Decide what comparisons you need, boat crews
accordingly.
• Not having enough time.
• Too many races.